Automatic change check



Feb. 10, 1948. c. CRARY 2,435,873

' AUTOMATIC CHANGE CHECK Filed Jan. 5, 1946 Patented Feb. 10, 1948UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AUTOMATIC CHANGE CHECK Charles H. Crary,Hammond, Ind.

Application January 5, 1946, Serial No. 639,436

3 Claims. (Cl. 116-114) During rush seasons errors in making changeincrease, resulting in loss to both seller and purchaser, withaccompanying inconvenience and anxiety.

It is an object of the invention to overcome the above dimculty andmaterially to contribute to the peace of mind of merchants and customersby the provision of an automatic device for reminding the operator ofthe cash register to be more careful to check or recheck the change onevery operation of the cash register or till.

Further objects and advantages Of the invention will be apparent fromthe following description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a cash register, with its money drawer openand the device in operative position;

Fig. 2, a fragmentary perspective illustrating the position of thedevice when the drawer is closed; and

Fig. 3, a perspective of the parts in spaced alignment.

Referring to the drawings, a, cash register l is'provided with a moneydrawer Ii, and partitions l 2 forming compartments for money ofdifferent denominations.

In order to remind the user of the money drawer to exercise care inmaking change and handling money, the present invention is employed andcomprises a mounting plate I3 having a horizontal supporting flange I4,and fastening openings ii for the reception of fastening elements It,for attaching the mounting plate to the side of the drawer I l.

The mounting plate I3 is provided with a stub shaft or pivot pin I I onwhich the reminder mechanism is oscillatably mounted. This mech-.

anism is constructed so that it will not interfere with the operation ofthe cash register, including the opening and closing of the cash drawer,but will be strikingly visible only when the cash drawer is open andaccessible for making change or depositing money therein or removingmoney therefrom. The reminder mechanism includes a card holder l8 havinginwardly extending side flanges IQ for holding a card, and a topconfining flange 20 disposed at a slight angle to the main body of thesign holder so that a card or sign 2| may be inserted and retained inthe holder and not accidentally dislodged, such card having to be bentto be inserted.

The sign holder I8 is mounted on a supporting sleeve 22, formedintegrally therewith or welded thereto. This sleeve 22 is of a lengthlightly less than the space between the side of the 2 drawer H and thepartition wall l2, so that when the sleeve is on its supporting pivotl'l endwise movement of the sleeve sufiicient to permit it to work offthe pivot I! will be prevented.

The plate 13 is mounted on the inner side of the wall of the drawer IIin such a position that it will be exposed in close proximity'to thefront of the cash register when the drawer is fully open, and that whenthe drawer is closed the back of the sign holder will be engaged andoscillated forwardly so that it will move into and be concealed in thecompartment in which the drawer is contained.

In order to cause the sign holder with the sign to automatically move toan upright position when the drawer is opened, a spring 23 is utilizedwithin the supporting sleeve 22 and upon the stub shaft or pivot pin I1.At one end the spring 23 is: provided with an extension with anextremity 24 for engaging an aperture 25 in the mounting plate and atits other end the spring is provided with an extension having a hook 26for engaging the side of the sign holder in the manner as illustrated inFig. 2. The extremities 24 and 26 of the spring are located 90 apart sothat when the sign holder is collapsed within the closed money drawerthe spring will be under tension and when the money drawer is opened thetension of the spring which engages the sign holder will cause it to bemoved to an upright position.

The side flanges IQ of the sign holder are sumciently narrow to expose amaximum amount of the sign and due to the fact that these reverselyturned sign retaining side portions are at the front they do notinterfere with the operation of the device. Also, while the extensionsof the spring are described as being located approximately 90 apart,they may be otherwise located in a manner to provide the necessarytension on the spring when the parts are assembled.

The use of the device is not confined to cash registers but may beemployed in other relations, as for example in connection with thedrawer or other slidable member of a cabinet or other cooperativestructure,

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes maybe made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scopethereof and therefore the invention is not limited by that which isshown in the drawing and described in the specification but only asindicated in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A self-contained automatic reminder device for use with a drawerslidably received in a cabinet comprising a mounting plate havingopenings for the reception of fasteners by means of which it may beattached on one side of a drawer part, said mounting plate having alateral flange for engagement with another side of said drawer 3 part, ahorizontally disposed pivot pin carried by said mounting plate, aself-lifting card holder pivotally mounted on said pivot pin, said cardholder comprising a sleeve member and an inends of said spring beingdisposed in angular relation so that the cardholder will be normallyunde'r'tension tending to rotate When the parts are assembled, one endof said-spring being constructed to engage. saidcard holder and theother end to engage said: mounting plate'whereby said card holder willbe moved to an upright position by said spring upon outward movement ofsaid drawer and whereby said card holder will be moved to a depressedposition upon inward movement of said drawer by engagement of saidcardholder with said cabinet.

2. For use with a. cabinet and a drawer slidable into and from saidcabinet; an' automatic reminder device for mounting on said draweradjacent. the rear of the same, said reminder device comprising amounting plate for attachment to a drawer part, a horizontally disposedpivot car-' ried. by said mounting plate, a card holder pivotallymounted on said pivot, said card holder comprising a sleeve and arelatively flat plate having edges bent to hold a card, a springconstructed to nest in said sleeveabout said pivot, said spring beingattached at one end to said mounting plate and at the opposite endengaging said card holder to normally lift and maintain said card holderin an upright position upon openingv of said drawer and whereby saidcard holder will be moved to a depressed position upon inward movementof said drawer by engagement of said card holder with said cabinet.

3. In combination, a cabinet and a drawer slidable into and from saidcabinet, an automatic reminder device mounted on said drawer adjacentthe rear of the same, said reminder device comprisinga mounting platehaving openings by means of which it may be attached on one side of adrawer part and having a lateral flange for engagement with another sideof said drawer part, a horizontally disposed pivot member carried bysaid mounting plate, a card holder constructed to' be automaticallypivoted to an upright anda, vdepressed position on said pivot memberupon opening and closing of said drawer,

" said card holder comprising a sleeve and an integral relatively fiatplate having edges bent toward each other to hold a card therebetween,the free end of said plate being bent transversely of the surface of theplate to prevent the card from becoming accidentally dislodged. a springof a length corresponding to the length of said sleeve, said springconstructed to nest in said sleeve about said pivot member, the ends ofsaid spring being disposed in angular relation such that the card holderis normally under tension tending to rotate the same, one end of saidspring engaging the card holder and the other end of the spring engagingsaid mounting plate whereby said card holder'will be automatically movedto an upright position by said spring upon outward movement of saiddrawer and whereby said card holder will be moved to a depressedposition upon inward movement of said drawer by engagement of said cardholder with said cabinet.

' CHARLES H. CRARY'.

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